Did you mean: to wane to tune to mine to dine to atone to whine ?
| 磨刀 | mó dāo | to hone (a knife) |
| 砥砺 | dǐ lì | whetstone / (lit. and fig.) to hone; to sharpen / to encourage |
| 养精蓄锐 | yǎng jīng xù ruì | to preserve and nurture one's spirit (idiom); honing one's strength for the big push |
| 久负盛名 | jiǔ fù shèng míng | seasoned / honed to perfection over centuries / special reserve |
| 钻牛角 | zuān niú jiǎo | lit. honing a bull's horn; fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs / same as idiom 鑽牛角尖|钻牛角尖 |